Thanks for all the replies! As always, this group is super helpful. I'll definitely bring the wheel to my mechanic as Bill recommends and see if he can get the tire on/off easily. If not, I may have to bite the bullet and go back to OpenPros or A719s. Which means getting my brand new wheels rebuilt, but...such is life.
Has anyone here run 44mm tires on OpenPros? I've often run 35mm knobbies on those rims, but haven't tried anything wider. Eric On Monday, December 4, 2017 at 11:24:52 AM UTC-5, Brian Campbell wrote: > > FWIW, I swore off using an SUN CR-18's after I ended up with 3 sets of > wheels built with the defective (slightly too large) rims. Getting any tire > on or off was chore. Roadside flats were a nightmare. > > I once had a Nexus 8 Speed internal hubbed whee/tire l pick up a staple, > and go flat. I was commuting home from work, at night, in January, in a 36 > degree "light rain". > > The incident forever changed my view CR18 rims and the "simplicity" of > internal hubs. I would bet serious $$$ its the rims. I only use Open Pro > rims now and have had no issue mounting any 700c tire event the dreaded > Challenge Parigi Roubaix..... > > On Thursday, November 30, 2017 at 12:32:24 PM UTC-5, Eric Karnes wrote: >> >> Hi all- >> >> I have a question about the fit of supple tires and the way they fit on >> rims. >> >> I've had only two experience with very supple tires. Pari-motos on >> Velocity A-23s (650b) and most recently Compass Snoqualmie Passes on Sun >> C-18s (700c). Both tires are so tight to the rim they're very difficult to >> get off and damned near impossible to get back on. I recently changed a >> tube on the Squoqualmie Pass / C-18 wheels and it took me over 30 minutes >> to muscle the tire on the rim. Frankly, I don't want to ride the bike, >> because if I got a flat after dark, I honestly don't know if I'd be able to >> replace the tube/tire in the field. Now, I've changed many, many flats and >> have never had this issue with 'regular' tires (usually on OpenPro rims). >> It usually takes me under a minute to get a new tube and tire back on. >> >> So...is a normal experience for these super supple casing tires? Or is >> this a 'correlation not causation' situation and I've just been unlucky in >> my choice of the rims I paired them with? Any advice would be appreciated! >> Thanks guys! >> >> Eric >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
